Department For Education
October 24
07:00
2024
This is technical information about submitting data for theschool-level annual school census.
Its for:
- suppliers of software for school management information systems (MIS)
- users of school MIS software
It applies to registered independent schools only.
The specification describes:
- what data schools should supply
- how to structure the data in XML
Software suppliers should use the list of validation rules so that schools can validate the data they submit.
You should also read thecommon basic data set (CBDS). This defines common data items that schools use in MIS software and that we use in our data collections.
More guidance onsubmitting data for the school-level annual school censusis available.